What is the best college for architecture on the east coast?
Category: Higher Education (University +), Tags: Architecture College, College Options, East Coast, Good Architecture, West Coast
Sassy G asked:
I’m a senior in high school and i want to think about my college options. i really want to get a degree in architecture. I’ve found some good colleges, but i just want to find the right one. The best college i found was on the west coast and i really don’t want to be that far away from my family. I live in Florida and i want to get a good architecture college in my state if i can. Plz help. I’m begging! Also include the name of the college, the state, and their school website.
I’m a senior in high school and i want to think about my college options. i really want to get a degree in architecture. I’ve found some good colleges, but i just want to find the right one. The best college i found was on the west coast and i really don’t want to be that far away from my family. I live in Florida and i want to get a good architecture college in my state if i can. Plz help. I’m begging! Also include the name of the college, the state, and their school website.
3 Responses on What is the best college for architecture on the east coast?
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Here’s a list from PayScale.com showing popular colleges for architecture: You can also research colleges/universities based on salary potential:
Hope that helps
The best nationally-known architecture schools in the South and Southeast are Georgia Tech, University of North Carolina, University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech. If you are willing to go a bit farther away, University of Texas at Austin, and Rice University have excellent architecture programs. Even farther afield, there are M.I.T., Harvard, Yale, Syracuse, Carnegie-Mellon and Princeton. The program at University of Florida is also very good, but I would place these other schools a notch higher than UFla.
A lot depends on what type of education you want to get. If you are into esoteric design, Harvard is the best in the East; if you are more nuts-and-bolts practical, a school like the Boston Architectural Center is excellent. The other schools that I have listed fall between these two extremes.
Of the people who have worked for me, I have found the graduates of Syracuse and Carnegie-Mellon to be the best architects…good balance of design ability and practical knowledge of how to put a building together. The B.A.C., North Carolina, U.T. Austin, Rice and Virginia Tech are the schools that I would place at the top also. However, if you are interested in the more esoteric side of architecture, I would recommend Harvard or Georgia Tech.
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